Islands

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.